What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Consultant in Sioux City IA position at Sysco?
The Sales Consultant role is based in Sioux City, Iowa, and the surrounding areas. The position requires a 30-minute to one-hour commute, including traffic conditions. Relocation assistance is not offered for this role, so it is essential to live locally or be willing to relocate independently, on your own.
Sysco would like to extend an exciting opportunity! Are you a talented Sales Professional, Restaurant Manager, Culinary Manager, or Chef eager to expand your career? Sysco invites you to join our exceptional Sales Team and embark on a fulfilling journey with us. Sysco is renowned for its commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability. Joining our team means being part of a company that values growth and excellence. Your skills and passion could be a perfect fit for our dynamic environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop new business, penetrate existing accounts, and minimize lost business to achieve profitable sales growth and special objectives within assigned territory.
- Seek and qualify prospects following company account stratification goals.
- Research customer business needs and develops a mix of products and service to meet needs.
- Evaluate market trends and recommend products to customers, based on business needs and goals.
- Be informed of market conditions, product innovations, and competitors' products, prices, and sales; share information with customers as part of value-added services provided.
- Answer customers' questions about products, prices, availability, and product use.
- Provide product information and practical training to customer personnel.
- Drive personal vehicle to customer accounts, conventions, company meetings, etc.
- Communicate and collect accounts receivable as necessary, working with the credit department and client; collect all balances due based on approved credit terms.
- Manage deliveries to the routing schedule published by the transportation department; troubleshoot any problems that occur during the order process (for example, out of stock items, special order items, low inventory, etc.).
- Participate in company functions, promotions, customer visits, and customer events.
- Attend and participate in general sales and district meetings.
- Other duties may be assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Hospitality, Culinary Arts or related discipline OR HSD/GED and 3 years Restaurant Management, B2B or outside sales experience, or equivalent relatable experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bi-Lingual.
- Restaurant Management, Foodservice Outside Sales, Chef Experience preferred.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
- Valid driver's license with a "clean" driving record (including no multiple DUIs within the last 2 years).
- Current automobile insurance with the following limits of liability: Bodily injury - $100,000 each person and $300,000 each accident; property damage - $100,000 is required.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.
About Sysco:
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 58,000 associates, the company operates 343 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2021 that ended July 3, 2021, the company generated sales of more than $51 billion. Information about our CSR program, including Sysco’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, can be found at sysco.com/csr2020reportSysco is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as America's Most Responsible Companies for 2021!
Salary : $100,000 - $300,000